and the meaningful
Episode 03: On the magic of Colombian design with Tomás Vera"It’s about passion, about getting out work out into the world, about creating, about showing what Latin American design can do."
Episode 02: On the culture of coffee with Jake Standerfer“We have the philosophy that there’s nothing sacred in coffee, except the bean itself.”
Episode 01: On the ‘somewhereness’ of wine with Santiago Achaval“It is experience, it’s passion, and it’s profound interest in the land that allows you to build this feeling for the special places.”
From our Journal
What the Desert Asks of You
The first thing you notice landing in Calama is the incredible dryness. On the road to the desert oasis of San Pedro, the jumping off point to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, the landscape registers few signs of life — dry riverbeds, copper colored hills, and even an entire mountain range made from compressed […]
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The Uruguayan Riviera — February 2027
The Uruguayan Riviera returns February 19–25, 2027 — our third edition, and it gets better every time. I‘m standing on the sand dunes above Playa Mansa in José Ignacio, Uruguay. Big raindrops — the fat, splattering kind — are beating down on my head and the cashmere sweater I am wearing to ward off the […]
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Just back from… Clos Apalta Residence in Chile
I am sitting like a lizard in the warm afternoon sunshine, wrapped in an alpaca wool shawl on a scenic terrace overlooking the Apalta wine appellation and volcanoes of the Andes. The chilly morning rain has moved out and there’s not a cloud in the sky. In the distance, there’s a shrill call of a […]
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